Quality Assurance Coordinator

About the company/role:
Our client is a cheese processing company who supplies leading food service and retail chains. The business is currently in a stage of growth and seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Coordinator that can grow alongside the business. The role will act as a 2IC to the Quality Manager and will support and guide the junior QA team. The role is a mix of hands-on QA and compliance-based duties.
 
Duties:

• Investigate of non-conformances and customer complaints followed by root cause analysis
• Generate reports for tracking and trending purposes
• Manage product specifications, PIFs, artwork approval and country of origin information
• Manage and update all QA documentation
• Assist with internal and external audits
• Carry out HACCP reviews, risk assessments and validation and verification programs
• Lead the QA team and act as 2IC to the Quality Manager

Skills/experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in Food Science or a related discipline
• Previous experience in supervisor/ coordinator role
• Previous experience within food manufacturing
• Knowledge of HACCP/GMP/FSANZ
• Excellent communication, organizational and time management skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Be able to deal effectively with pressure and day to day challenges

Culture & Benefits:
Be part of a company going through a expansion stage and opportunity to grow within the business. A competitive salary is on offer for this permanent position with afternoon shift loading additional to the base salary.
 
Apply!
If you think this could be the role for you then please apply now! Please send us a cover letter AND a detailed resume in WORD format (PDFs can be corrupted / not processed).  
Or, if you have any questions, please contact Claire on +61 2 8071 4290.

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